Watch-chain hook.



PATENTED JUNE 30, 1903.

c. H. KBUSOHER.

WATCH CHAIN HOOK.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 31, 1903.

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UNITED STATES Patented June 30, 1903.

CARL I-I. KEUSOHER, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

WATCH-CHAIN HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 732,358, dated June 30,1903.

Application filed March 31, 1903. Serial No. 150,379. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL H. KEUSOHER, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vatch-Chain Hooks, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates -to improvements in watch-chain hooks; and itconsists in the novel features and construction hereinafter described,and particularly pointed out in the claim.

The object of the invention is to provide a novel construction of hookfor attaching a watch to a watch-chain in such a manner that anunauthorized person would find difficulty in detaching the watch fromthe chain, the purpose being to produce a hook affording greatersecurity than the hooks heretofore known for use on the end ofwatch-chains.

The invention will be fullyunderstood from the detailed descriptionhereinafter presented, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,in Which Figure 1 is an enlarged front elevation of a hook constructedin accordance with and embodying the invention, the two members of thehook being shown in their open position to receive the ring on a watch,said ring being indicated by dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a like view ofsame, showing the members of the hook as having been moved toward eachother with their lower portions extended beyond each other, which is thesecond position given to said members in applying the hook to the ringof a watch. Fig. 3 is a like view of same, showing the two members ofthe hook in their final operative position retaining the watch-ring.Fig. 4 is an edge view 1 of same, showing the ring in dotted lines; and

Fig. 5 is a bottomview of same with the ring removed.

In the drawings, 10 designates a suitable metal loop carrying an eye,1land having pivotally secured between itssides upon a pin 12 the twomembers 13 14 of the hook, the latter being designated'as a whole 15.The members 13 14 correspond with each other, but are reverselydisposed, and each of said members comprises the curved side portion 16and the lower upwardly and inwardly curved portion 17, the portion 17curving inwardly and upwardly from the lower end of the portion 16 andthen curving laterally toward the vertical center of the hook, so thatwhen the members 13 14 are folded together, as shown in Fig. 3, the saidsections or portions 17 will overlap at their ends and form a transversebar, below which will be formed an eye or space 18 to inclose thewatch-ring 19, the ring 19 when the members 13 14 arefolded togetherbeing prevented from passing upwardly between theupper portions of thesides 16 thereof and being distinctly conand the ring 19 will have oneedge inserted upwardly between the portions 17 of said members and thenpassed'upwardly to the loop 10, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig.1, and thereupon the members 13 14 will be moved toward each other andthe sections 17 extended outwardly beyond the portions 16 of said,members, as shown in Fig. 2, the ring 19 being then confined between theupper portions of said members. After the hook has been given theposition shown in Fig. 2 and the watch-ring 19 has been moved downwardlywithin the elliptical space then formed between the upper portions ofthe members 13 14, as shown in Fig. 2, the members 13 14 will be movedoutwardly to the position shown in Fig. 3, during which movement thewatch-ring 19 will slide downwardly until when said members haveconcluded their movement it will be confined between the lower ends ofsaid members and the sections 17 thereof, said ring 19 being thenconfined within the space 18, where it will be securely held. When thewatch-ring 19 is held by the hook 15 in the manner shown in Fig. 3, itmay only with some difficulty be removed therefrom. The removal of thering 19 from the hook 15 maybe accomplishedby first folding the members13 14 of said hook into the position shown in Fig. 2, this naturallyresulting in the ring being slid upwardly between the upper portions ofsaid members, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 2, and thereuponwhile the operator retains the ring 19 in such upper position themembers 13 14 of the hook will be moved in a contrary direction or awayfrom each other to the position in which said members are illustrated inFig. 1, after which the ring 19 will be moved downwardly over one ofsaid members and be permitted to escape between the then separatedsections 17 of the hook. In applying the ring 19 to the hook the members13 14 thereof will therefore first be moved outwardly from each other tothe position shown in Fig. 1, the watch-ring then applied, the saidmembers 13 14 then moved toward and partly beyond each other, as shownin Fig. 2, and then outwardly from each other until they attain theirnormal position, (shown in Fig. 3,) whereupon it will be found that thering 19 is secured in the space 18 at the lower end of the hook. Inremoving the ring 19 from the hook the members 13 14 of said hook willfirst be folded toward and partly beyond each other to the positionshown in Fig; 2, this getting the watch-ring 19 above the transverse barformed by the overlapping sections 17, and then the members 13 14 willbe moved to their normal position and at once outwardly to their openposition, (shown in Fig. 1,) leaving the sections 17 separated from eachother for the escape of the ring 19. The novel feature of the hookresides in the upwardly and inwardly turned sections 17, whereby whenthe hook is in its normal operative position the inclosed space 18 isformed for the watch-ring and whereby in applying and removing said ringthe several movements above specified must be given to the members 1314, these movements being in reverse directions and preventing any readyunauthorized detachment of a watch from its chain.

What I claim as myinvention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

.The hook comprising the pivoted members 13, 14, adapted to be moved ina lateral direction toward and from each other beyond their normaloperative position and each comprising the curved side portion 16 andthe upwardly and inwardly curved portion 17, the portions 17 curvinginwardly and upwardly from the lower ends of the side portions 16 andthen extending laterally toward each otheracross the space outlinedbysaid side por tions 16 and overlapping each other at their ends toform when the parts of the hook are in normal relation to each other atransverse bar below which is formed the space 18 for the watch-ring;substantially as set forth.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,this th day of March, A. D. 1903.

CARL H. KEUSOIIER. \Vitnesses:

ARTHUR MARION, CHAS. C. GILL.

